Scott Holcomb's photos with the keyword: Carmel

Although arriving in Alta California with seemingly good intentions, Junípero Serra witnessed the decimation of the people that he came to convert to Christianity. The cruel rounding up of native peoples and contact with the European newcomers introduced diseases into those communities that virtually eliminated them as a viable culture. The canonization of “The Apostle of California” in 2015 by Pope Francis was controversial. This photo was taken by a Mamiya 645 Pro TL medium format film camera and Mamiya-Sekor C 45mm 1:2.8 N lens with a Tiffen 67mm Skylight 1-A filter using Kodak Portra 400 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

Misión San Carlos Borroméo del Río Carmelo, also known as the Carmel Mission is on the National Register of Historic Places and a U.S. National Historic Landmark. It was the headquarters of the original upper Las Californias Province missions headed by Father Junípero Serra from 1770 until his death in 1784. This image was shot from a Kiev 88C medium format film camera with a MIR-26B 3.5/45mm lens using Fujicolor Pro 400-H film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.